Since 1973

Brewood Singers

Accompanist

At 13 Margaret was the assistant organist of St Mary's RC Priory Church in Warrington where she accompanied and sang in performances with choristers of Ampleforth Abbey.

Margaret was an organ pupil of Leo Davies and later Derek Cantrell.

At 16 Margaret received piano lessons from Professor Derek Wyndham (RNCM) and gave her first public performance accompanying her school choir (Loreto Convent Grammar School) at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester (now Bridgewater Hall).

Margaret also accompanied other local choirs in the Altrincham/Bowdon and Hale areas.

At 18 she studied piano with Malcolm Wilson, and organ with David Saint, as a joint 1st study at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

After a long and successful music teaching career in Birmingham, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Argyll and Bute, Margaret decided to pursue a career as a professional accompanist.

Margaret is an accompanist for the Birmingham Music Service and for the Good Company Singers in Lichfield.